Control center specialists are below average when it comes to happiness.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, control center specialists rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 24% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy control center specialists are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Ship engineer | 3.0 | $75k |
| Power plant operator | 3.0 | $82k |
| Infantry soldier | 3.0 | $31k |
| Aircraft mechanic | 3.0 | $49k |
| Sailor | 2.9 | $42k |
| Control center specialist | 2.9 | $37k |
| Industrial engineer | 2.9 | $86k |
| Artillery crew member | 2.8 | $35k |
| Power engineer | 2.8 | $62k |
| Sales engineer | 2.8 | $99k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are control center specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do control center specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as control center specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are control center specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are control center specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are control center specialists happy with their salary?
Control center specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.2/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most control center specialists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked control center specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
79 control center specialists
14% of control center specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
28% of control center specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of control center specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
18% of control center specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
10% of control center specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do control center specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, control center specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.9/5. While most control center specialists aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked control center specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
79 control center specialists
13% of control center specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
24% of control center specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
20% of control center specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
28% of control center specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
15% of control center specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as control center specialists?
Control center specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of control center specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked control center specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
80 control center specialists
24% of control center specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
44% of control center specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
16% of control center specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
13% of control center specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of control center specialists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a control center specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, control center specialists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.5/5. A solid majority of control center specialists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a control center specialist.
We asked control center specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
79 control center specialists
16% of control center specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
46% of control center specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
18% of control center specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
8% of control center specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
13% of control center specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are control center specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former control center specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Most control center specialists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked control center specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
81 control center specialists
19% of control center specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
21% of control center specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
25% of control center specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
19% of control center specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
17% of control center specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars